1/ My thread on T-cell immunity got about 7 million views.
It's great to see so many people interested in understanding the science and medicine of this pandemic, even in a lengthy thread.
This thread is a response to the occasional criticism I saw floating around twitter.
It's great to see so many people interested in understanding the science and medicine of this pandemic, even in a lengthy thread.
This thread is a response to the occasional criticism I saw floating around twitter.
2/ The most common criticism was "You aren't an immunologist or epidemiologist."
No I am not. I never pretended to be.
This criticism doesn't challenge the science and has little merit.
HOWEVER, here are just a few immunologists and epidemiologists with similar findings...
No I am not. I never pretended to be.
This criticism doesn't challenge the science and has little merit.
HOWEVER, here are just a few immunologists and epidemiologists with similar findings...
3/ Dr. Gupta, infectious disease epidemiologist and prof of theoretical epidemiology at University of Oxford.
"The pre-existing antibodies or T-cell responses against coronaviruses seem to protect against infection, not just the outcome of infection."
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"The pre-existing antibodies or T-cell responses against coronaviruses seem to protect against infection, not just the outcome of infection."
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4/ Dr. Stadler, former director of the Institute for Immunology at the University of Bern.
"This means that our T-cells, i.e. white blood cells, detect common structures appearing on Sars-CoV-2 and regular cold viruses and therefore combat both of them."
medium.com/@vernunftundri…
"This means that our T-cells, i.e. white blood cells, detect common structures appearing on Sars-CoV-2 and regular cold viruses and therefore combat both of them."
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5/ Dr. Smita Iyer, immunologist at the University of California, studying immune responses to the novel-coronavirus in primates.
Cross-reactive T cells can “protect almost like a vaccine."
baltimoresun.com/coronavirus/sn…
Cross-reactive T cells can “protect almost like a vaccine."
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6/ The 2nd criticism was that "T-cell cross-reactivity does not necessarily mean protective immunity."
This is why we must assess immunology studies in the context of the clinical and epidemiological findings of COVID-19, which is what I did in my former thread.
This is why we must assess immunology studies in the context of the clinical and epidemiological findings of COVID-19, which is what I did in my former thread.
7/ The last criticism was it's "dangerous" to discuss T-cell herd immunity.
This suppression is even moving beyond social media platforms.
Dr. Gomes, a bio-mathematician, just had her pre-print rejected by journals simply bc it supported a lower herd immunity threshold (~20%).
This suppression is even moving beyond social media platforms.
Dr. Gomes, a bio-mathematician, just had her pre-print rejected by journals simply bc it supported a lower herd immunity threshold (~20%).
8/ So now science and medical journals are suppressing research that doesn't fit the establishment narrative (e.g. "lockdown until vaccine").
Despite journals refusing to publish it, Dr. Gomes' pre-print can still be found here.
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Despite journals refusing to publish it, Dr. Gomes' pre-print can still be found here.
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
9/ In conclusion, the science behind T-cell immunity and herd immunity should speak for itself—as long as the research is allowed to be discussed without suppression.
After all, history does not treat those who suppress science and medicine favorably.
After all, history does not treat those who suppress science and medicine favorably.
